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[Miel]

Hello there!

Recently cleared out my attic and found all my Amiga stuff, neatly tucked away! *yay*
After digging through a lot of dust and hardware, i ended up with an A500+ with dead FDD, a A1200 with the same problem, and a ****load of peripherals (one of them: external FDD, also broken ).
The 1200 was bought 7 years ago, to start my own lil' black Amiga project (yes, i even bought a CDTV keyboard for it, i know: blasphemy) but i never got around to do the actual project.

This time, i dived in head first, and plan to finish it. Order a replacement FDD, got a slimline CDROM drive and a IDE/SD adapter + card.
Prepped the card on my pc via WinUAR without problems, and i'm installing some WHDLoad games and Tiny Launcher as we speak! (im guessing my working day will not be very productive, from my employer's point of view )

What i hope to find here? First and foremost, some help and advice, i'm definitely going to need some.
Other than that, it's good to talk to people with an equal or greater appreciation for the awesomest computers ever made.
Don't know if you guys have some sort of marketplace here, but i might have some hardware that could be of use to someone.

That's about it. Oh wait, i'm from the Netherlands, bit older than the A1000, and the name is Miel

[magnetic]

Nice to meet you Miel

Welcome to the club! Sounds like you have some nice amiga gear there.

[MelbourneBen]

Welcome

[Jiffy]

Alkmaar ain't that far from Enkhuizen (where jiffy is located)... :-)

[Miel]

Thanks guys, pleasure to meet each and every one of you. Friggin hyped to get my Amiga going again! Can;t wait to get home and play some Sensi

Will post some for-sales on the marketplace once i've catalogued my stuff. Mostly old gear, but might be useful to some people. And if people live close (Jiffy!), postal costs are very doable :P

On the new hardware side of things: the slimline IDE adapter was just delivered. Seems the mailman used it as a chew toy for his pet though





Oh well, Rome wasn't built in a day, and my Black 1200 will definitely take longer

[CritAnime]

Post some piccies of your gear we like photos of amiga stuff

[Miel]

Originally Posted by CritAnime

Post some piccies of your gear we like photos of amiga stuff

As soon as (a) i've stopped drooling and (b) i've wiped said drool off the hardware, okay?

[amiman99]

Welcome to Amiga.org.

If you need guidance on how to install the slim CDROM in A1200, look in my post at EAB http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=48042

Good luck.

[CritAnime]

Yeah that's a cool mod. You did an excelent job with that one

And drool doesn't go well with electricity lol.

[rvo_nl]

I cant resist saying hi since Alkmaar is also not far from my place. If you need some 'local' advice, let me know

[Damiga]

Welcome!

[anachronicus]

Welcome Miel!

[Miel]

Originally Posted by amiman99

Welcome to Amiga.org.

If you need guidance on how to install the slim CDROM in A1200, look in my post at EAB http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=48042

Good luck.

What a coincidence, that was one of the articles/threads that i've seen while getting inspired, nice mod!

Planning to place my CD ROM on the right side of the A1200 though, with the tray on the rear panel. Should fit nicely. Still contemplating what materials to use to secure/connect the drive tray to the A1200 case or mobo shielding...
I'll open a thread about the progress once i get some work and pictures done.

[-BobW-]

Originally Posted by amiman99

Welcome to Amiga.org.

If you need guidance on how to install the slim CDROM in A1200, look in my post at EAB http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=48042

Good luck.

I did the same thing a few years back: http://www.e5i5o.com/amiga/a1200cdrom

[Miel]

Originally Posted by -BobW-

I did the same thing a few years back: http://www.e5i5o.com/amiga/a1200cdrom

Nice work there, you've placed the cdrom at the exact spot that i'm aiming for. Thanks for sharing!